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The Key to Solomon's Key: Secrets of Magic and Masonry

The Key to Solomon's Key: Secrets of Magic and Masonry
By Lon Milo DuQuette

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Sketching out a fascinating network of historic figures, cults, and Christendom, this book by an occult-studies expert and respected authority on magic and sorcery takes Western spiritual traditions seriously—but examines them with common sense and self-effacing humor. Working backward from the Freemasons to one of their original orders, the 14th-century Knights Templar, the account considers sorcery, heresy, and intrigues; explores the legend that the Knights possessed a powerful secret dangerous to the Church of Rome; and finds an essential clue to the order's practices in their connection to the biblical Solomon, king of Israel in the 10th century BC.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #116687 in Books
  • Published on: 2006-04-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 208 pages

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About the Author
Lon Milo DuQuette is the author of Angels, Demons & Gods of the New Millenium; The Magick of Aleister Crowley; and My Life with the Spirits, a memoir of his life as a practicing ceremonial magician. He lives in Costa Mesa, California.

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Original Content? Hardly1
Part II of this book essentially reprints the Lesser Key of Solomon, for which many now no-longer copyrighted editions are available over the internet as PDF. Part I is some not exactly interesting speculation that somehow implies that the connection between Freemasonry's aesthetic of spiritual self-improvement and DuQuette's speculated discovery by the Knights Templar that much the Hebrew Bible history was fabricated relates to summoning demons to command as the lower parts of ourselves. Absolutely none of this is new; while it could have been interesting, DuQuette's book reads like an abbreviated, beer-soaked memior, devoid of content. I am not opposed to someone elucidating old ideas, but DuQuette here doesn't offer much beyond a very high-level view of these old theories. Do yourself a favor and spend the money you save on tacos.

It's not just food for thoguht.....it's a whole feast5
If a book could have balls this would be it....and some pretty big ones at that. If you are one of those people who cling to every word in the bible then this might ruffle a few feathers. It's very well written to the point were putting it down is a chore. You won't be disappointed, it's certainly worth the time and money!

Excellent and Brilliant!4
This book most definitely opened up my eyes to a few missing concepts of humanity and reality and religion that I had not thought of. The Writing style simply like the rest of DuQuette's work, and can at time dull on a bit. The book definitely started out strong. The first section is filled with many different idea's and concepts that people really should learn about. The second half is simply a type of copy and paste from the Lemegeton[Goetia], which if you just happen to have laying around, can kind of kill the second half of the book.

All around the book was well written, well humored and had plenty of information to keep everyone interested.